Texaco Jelly Bean Fiasco

Macroeconomic factors of the greatest significance to the integrate petroleum industry are GNP trends, interest rates, inflation rates, and energy availability and cost. In a technological context, the most significant factor for the industry is the attainment of productivity improvements through automation. Environmental protection laws and tax laws are the political-legal factors of greatest significance for the industry. The sociocultural factors of the greatest significance to the industry are life-style changes and population growth rates.

Within the context of Porter's five-forces analysis, competitive forces within the industry are of the greatest importance. Over the coming five-to-10 years, one should not anticipate any major changes in industry structure. Industry structure may be expected to change when alternative energy products become viable substitutes for the products of the integrated petroleum industry. Viable substitute products in the form of alternative energy sources should not be anticipated prior to 2010.

One year after the Spindletop Hill field gusher came in 1901, the Texas Fuel Company was formed (Moskowitz, Katz, and Lever

Macroeconomic factors of the greatest significance to the integrate petroleum industry are GNP trends, interest rates, inflation rates, and energy availability and cost. In a technological context, the most significant factor for the industry is the attainment of productivity improvements through automation. Environmental protection laws and tax laws are the political-legal factors of greatest significance for the industry. The sociocultural factors of the greatest significance to the industry are life-style changes and population growth rates.

Within the context of Porter's five-forces analysis, competitive forces within the industry are of the greatest importance. Over the coming five-to-10 years, one should not anticipate any major changes in industry structure. Industry structure may be...

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Company name: Texaco
By: Brian Cody
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* Introduction to Texaco…………………3/4
* SWOT ……………………………………….5/6/7
* PEST…………………………………………….8/9
* Porters 5 Forces…………………………..10
* Conclusion……………………………………11
* Recommendation…………………………11
* Bibliography………………………………...12
Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand. Its flagship product is its fuel. Below is a list of their history when they began and came to the Irish market. Texaco is one of the world's largest oil companies, with exploratory, manufacturing, and marketing operations across the globe. Its primary petroleum-based products include automotive gasoline and oils, as well as aviation and heating fuels.
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1902 | The Texas Co (Texas) incorporated in the United States. The company was founded by Joseph S Cullinan who was of Irish extraction. |
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1924 | Texaco comes to Ireland as the Galena-Signal Oil Company (of Ireland) Limited. |
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1926 | The Texas Co (Texas) becomes The Texas Corp on 26th August in Delaware, United States of America. |
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1929 | Galena-Signal oil Company (of Ireland) Limited changes to become The Texas Company (of Ireland)...

...recognising all concentrations of both sweet and sour tastes. The difference is not dramatic, but it is quite clear." (Science Daily, 2008).
Hypothesis: I think girls are more likely to guess the correct colour of jellybean than boys.
Apparatus:
12 paper cups
Blind fold
Water
X3 packets of jellybeans
X12 people (six girls/ six boys)
Method:
Collect the apparatus and create a table to present the results including the colour of the jellybeans and if their guess was right or wrong.
Select one person and blind fold and pass them a cup with one jellybean inside
Once they have guessed and you have recorded their results pass them a cup of water to wash out the flavour.
Repeat for the other colour jellybeans.
Repeat for each of the 10 people.
Results:
Girls:
Boys:
These graphs show that girls guessed the colour of jellybean more correctly than boys. When the results for each colour were added up, girls got 33/54 guesses correct and boys got 20/54 guesses correct.
Overall, the results show that girls are better at recognising tastes than boys. there is a clear differnce in the boys and girls guesses, girls guessed the colour of jelly more accurately than boys did.
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...Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum or soft paraffin,[1] CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25),[2] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. Its folkloric medicinal value as a "cure-all" has since been limited by better scientific understanding of appropriate and inappropriate uses (see uses below). However, it is recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an approved over-the-counter (OTC) skin protectant and remains widely used in cosmetic skin care.
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